@reddivine 

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reddivine

Sex. and disability

For something titled "sex, drugs and rock and roll".....everyone is very coy about the SEX word. So I'm biting the bullet and starting this one. Who was at MS Life 2012 and went to the Sex and disabilty seminar? I will fess up!
@ophelia

I'll go first! Damned MS stopped me being able to orgasm....very disconcerting considering this has never ever been a problem in the past. This is all started before diagnosis and my poor boyfriend took it very personally which made me feel worse. However....since a course of steroids I 'think' I've got my mojo back!!! Any other girlies reading this with the same problem....Ann summers aqua rabbit has been my saviour!!! I'm in a long distance relationship and haven't seen my boyfriend since my treatment so haven't been able to test 'that way' yet!!! Oh, I'm not shy about these things which you've probably guessed!!! Ophelia.x

@aardvark

Hey redvine, why am I not surprised it’s you who started this topic? :) OK, I'll get in here from a man's perspective. I think my MS might have completely shafted (unfortunate term) my libido. I used to have an insatiable sex-drive - but over the last few years, my long-suffering wife has had to learn to improvise. It's probably the most depressing aspect of my ailment so far (but then again depression can be a self-fulfilling prophecy). Fortunately for me, I think my wife is in it for the long run. THEN AGAIN, I'm wary of blaming everything onto MS. I used to self medicate with that old-school MS remedy (to hell with 10000 IU of Vitamin D, I was into 100000000 IU of Vitamin H – that's Hydroponically grown space-weed, smoked mainly in the conservatory so as to not piss off Mrs aardvark). I think that dropping that from my life may have had an effect. But that was some years ago. Hell, I've been off nicotine for 2 years on May 19th and the weed went long before that… In other words, there are so many things that could be affecting this for me. But then I'm a man. And we're quite simple when it comes to this department. On/Off. And little in-between…